Board

Officers

  • Colleen Kelly Faherty

    President

    Colleen is an Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Federal Initiatives within the Executive Division. Colleen joined the NY AG…

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  • Dianisbeth Acquie

    Vice President of High School Division

    Dianisbeth Acquie is the Associate Director for the Office of Judicial Clerkships at Columbia Law School. She is a graduate…

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  • Kwok Ng

    Deputy Vice President of High School Division

    Kwok Kei Ng is an Associate Court Attorney in New York City Civil Court, Kings County. In his previous position, he worked as an…

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  • Maya Brodziak

    Vice President of College Division

    Maya is an associate at Sher Tremonte LLC, focusing on complex criminal litigation and criminal defense…

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  • Brantley Carter

    Deputy Vice President of College Division

    Currently, Brantley L. Carter is an Assistant Corporation Counsel in the Brooklyn Tort Division of the New York City Law Department…

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  • Yan Fu

    Vice President of Law School Division

    Yan Fu is a civil rights and employment lawyer and the founder of The Fu Firm PLLC. He…

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  • Tatiana Medina Rodriguez

    Deputy Vice President of Law School Division

    Tatiana is a Senior Appellate Court Attorney at the Appellate Division, First Judicial Department. In her role, Tatiana analyzes…

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  • Yifeng Chen

    Secretary

    Yifeng Chen is an associate at Jia Law Group, P.C., with a concentration on general corporate matters and commercial…

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  • Sahng-Ah Yoo

    Treasurer

    Sahng-Ah Yoo is a litigator at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, with experience in complex federal litigation…

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  • Christine Gibbs

    Deputy Treasurer

    Christine Gibbs is a law student at Columbia Law School and will be with the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom upon graduation.

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Directors

  • Judge Pamela K. Chen

    Board Chair

    Pamela K. Chen is a federal district judge in the Eastern District of New York in Brooklyn. She was nominated to the federal bench in January 2013 by President Barack Obama…

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  • Judge Lois Bloom

    Director

    Judge Lois Bloom was sworn in as a United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of New York on May 18, 2001…

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  • Celina Cabán Gandhi

    Founder & Director

    Celina Cabán Gandhi is the Founder and Director of the Sotomayor Program. Ms. Cabán Gandhi is currently a staff attorney with Manhattan Legal Services…

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  • Debra Lesser

    Director

    Debra Lesser is the Executive Director of the Justice Resource Center, overseeing 28 different law-related programs for the school-age population…

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  • Karen Leyva-Drivin

    Director

    Karen Leyva-Drivin serves as legal counsel for Bloomberg L.P. where she handles commercial transactional matters while serving as co-chair of the Legal Department’s Pro Bono Program…

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  • Elaine Chiu

    Director

    Elaine is Professor of Law and the Director of the Ronald H. Brown Center of Civil Rights at St. John’s University School of Law in New York City…

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  • Rahul Agarwal

    Director

    Rahul Agarwal is the Deputy Chief Counsel in the Office of the Counsel to the Mayor of New York City. Prior to joining the the Mayor’s…

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  • Linda S. Lin

    Director

    Linda S. Lin is the founder of the Law School Division of the Sotomayor Program (formerly Joint Minority Bar Judicial Internship Program, which merged with the Sotomayor Program in 2015). Linda currently serves as the Chief Legal Officer at SiriusPoint Ltd.

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  • Anna Stowe

    Anna Stowe is the Chief Operating Officer for Kaplan Hecker & Fink. She is responsible for managing and overseeing the firm’s daily business operations while working closely with the managing partner and Management Committee to execute the overarching goals for the firm.

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